From Hell

From Hell is an extremely atmospheric and dark reimagining of the historical events in London in 1888, when several prostitutes were brutally murdered by the legendary serial killer Jack the Ripper. The murderer was never found, let alone identified.

The protagonist is the young police inspector Fred Abberline, a conscientious and upright man who has become an addict after his beloved wife died in childbirth. He is passionate about his work, however, and does everything in his power to solve the gruesome murders. Abberline tackles the case with extra zeal when he falls in love with Mary Kelly, a beautiful whore who is in imminent danger of becoming the calculating killer's next victim.

The film's conspiracy theory, which involves both the royal family and the Freemasons, gets a bit out of hand, but even though the film's proposed solution to the mystery seems rather improbable, it is at any rate a good starting point for an exciting and fascinating crime story whose ending departs somewhat from the standard Hollywood model.